Track Drifting Buoys
Select a school or teacher to see where their buoy is drifting in the ocean currents.
You may also click the school's name to see photos of the deployment of their drifter.
Add additional parameters by scrolling to the bottom of this form.

Select and option from "Maps or Measurements"
to view a map of a drifter's track or measurements. Next, be sure to
click “Sea Surface Temperature“ to view ocean temperature changes as
your buoy drifts in cold or warm ocean currents. Finally, click on “View
Results“ to see your results! [Note: Many drifters do not measure sea
level pressure so this option may not work.]

View a Map or Measurements of your Drifter's Sea Surface Temperature!

Maps or Measurements?

Map showing measurements

Map showing drifter track dates

Table of measurements

View track on Google Earth

CSV Table of measurements

View a Drifter Variable!

Sea Surface Temperature

Sea Level Pressure

Examples of Ocean Drifter Tracks

Hide/Expand to view sample results

Select a drifter number, then click on "View Results" to see the location of these sample drifters.